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9 posts
Erin Hanson: cover
cover cov·er [kuhv-er]
–verb (used with object)
1. to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
2. to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth.
Elo Vazquez: furry
furry fur·ry [fur-ee]
–adjective
1. consisting of or resembling fur: a deep, furry rug in front of the fireplace; the furry undergrowth of the forest.
2. covered with fur; wearing fur.
Ian Markell: assembly
assembly as·sem·bly [uh-sem-blee]
–noun
1. a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit.
2. an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday’s assembly.
Ugne Straigyte: splash
splash [splash]
–verb (used with object)
1. to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don’t splash her dress!
2. to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does.
Laina Briedis: crouch
crouch [krouch]
–verb (used without object)
1. to stoop or bend low.
2. to bend close to the ground, as an animal preparing to spring or shrinking with fear.
Nina Ahn: magnify
magnify mag·ni·fy [mag-nuh-fahy]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make greater in actual size; enlarge: to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.
2. to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.
Tamara Lichtenstein: sprawl
sprawl [sprawl]
–verb (used without object)
1. to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy’s legs sprawled in all directions.
2. to sit or lie in a relaxed position with the limbs spread out carelessly or ungracefully: He sprawled across the bed.
Ian Markell: totaled
totaled
–noun
1. state of complete intoxication (ie, hammered, floored, wasted, smashed, destroyed, etc…): I got so totaled I passed out on the bar last night.
February 2011
4 posts
Valerie Chiang: rock
rock [rok]
–noun
1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
2. Geology.
a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature, as by the action of heat or water.
b. a particular kind of such matter: igneous rock.
Erin Hanson: park
park [pahrk]
–verb (used with object)
1. to place or leave (a vehicle) in a certain place for a period of time.
2. Informal. to put, leave, or settle: Park your coat on the chair. Park yourself over there for a moment.
Olivia Malone: desert
desert des·ert [dez-ert]
–noun
1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert.
Marlon Geller: umbrella
umbrella um·brel·la [uhm-brel-uh]
–noun
1. a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
Tamara Lichtenstein: sunbeam
sunbeam sun·beam [suhn-beem]
–noun
1. a beam or ray of sunlight.
2. Australian Slang. a dish or utensil that has not been used during a meal and so does not have to be washed.
January 2011
8 posts
Laina Briedis: galaxy
galaxy gal·ax·y [gal-uhk-see]
–noun
1. Astronomy. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space.
2. any large and brilliant or impressive assemblage of persons or things: a galaxy of opera stars.
Elo Vázquez: excessive
excessive ex·ces·sive [ik-ses-iv]
–adjective
1. going beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree; characterized by excess: excessive charges; excessive criticism.
Emanuele Cardesi: fortune-teller
fortune-teller for·tune-tell·er [fawr-chuhn-tel-er]
–noun
1. a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
Aleksander Kelpman: snow
snow [snoh]
–noun
1. Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
2. these flakes as forming a layer on the ground or other surface.
3. the fall of these flakes or a storm during which these flakes fall.
Nina Ahn: seed
seed [seed]
–noun
1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
2. any propagative part of a plant, including tubers, bulbs, etc., especially as preserved for growing a new crop.
3. such parts collectively.
Erin Hanson: shimmer
shimmer shim·mer [shim-er]
–verb (used without object)
1. to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
Aleksander Kelpman: hide
hide [hahyd]
–verb (used without object)
1. to conceal oneself; lie concealed: He hid in the closet.
December 2010
7 posts
Olivia Malone: stretch
stretch [stretch]
–verb (used without object)
1. to recline at full length (usually followed by out ): to stretch out on a couch.
2. to extend the hand or to reach, as for something.
3. to stretch oneself by extending the limbs and lengthening the muscles to the utmost: to stretch and yawn.
Nina Ahn: wrap
wrap [rap]
–verb (used with object)
1. to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up ): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
2. to enclose and make fast (an article, bundle, etc.) within a covering of paper or the like (often followed by up ): He wrapped the package up in brown paper.
3. to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.
Olivia Malone: pool
pool [pool]
–noun
1. a small body of standing water; pond.
2. a still, deep place in a stream.
3. any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood.